Watch guard and band



Aug. 28, 1951 J. F. MOCLELLAND 2,565,822

WATCH GUARD AND BAND Filed Nov. 21, 1949 JZ'DIC LZeZZazaZ INVENTOR BY 1 v :4

ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 28, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WATCH GUARD AND BAND James F. McClelland, St. Paul, Minn. Application November 21, 1949, Serial No. 128,672

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a watch guard designed for use in connection with the straps of wrist watches, the guard being so constructed and arranged that it will guard the crystal of the wrist watch against breakage or scratching when worn by persons employed in trucking, foundries, power houses or the like wherein a watch worn on the wrist could be readily struck against stationary objects to be damaged.

An important object of the invention is to provide a guard of this character which may be fastened on the usual wrist watch supporting strap, eliminating the necessity of making alterations in the strap construction to use the guard.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the guard, constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational View of the guard.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the guard.

Fig. 4 is a perspective View of the watch crystal protecting section of the guard.

Fig. 5 is a fragmental sectional view illustrating the material of which the guard proper is constructed, as being solid.

Fig. 6 is a fragmental perspective view illustrating the material of which the guard is constructed, as being tubular.

Fig. '7 is a fragmental perspective view illustrating the tubular material of which the guard is constructed, as being rectangular in cross section.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the guard comprises a band 5 constructed preferably of a length of yieldable metal, providing a bracelet, the band being provided with a central wide supporting section 6, the ends of the band being extended outwardly as at 1 providing a bracelet which will clamp the arm of the user.

Transversely disposed elongated openings 8 are formed in the outwardly extended ends I and accommodate the usual wrist watch strap, which is passed through the openings and buckled to the arm, in the usual way.

Secured to the band, as by means of the rivets 9, are the plates In, the rivets extending through the longitudinally elongated openings ll formed in the plates, in such a way that the plates [0 may be adjusted longitudinally of the band 5, so that the upturned ends 12 of the plates l0 may be moved towards or away from each other, so that they may be connected with the usual watch strap pins l3, of various sized watches.

The upturned ends l2 are tubular in formation, whereby they will fit between the usual ears [4 of a wrist watch, to accommodate the pins !3 securing the wrist watch to the plates.

The guard, forming an important feature of the invention, comprises a rectangular frame l5 including side bars l6, end bars I1, and a central curved bar It, the bars 16 and I8 being longitudinally curved to conform to the curvature of the crystal of the watch, whereby the rectangular frame will be spaced slightly above the crystal and watch case supported thereunder.

At points adjacent to the corners of the rectangular frame, are pins 19 that extend downwardly therefrom, the pins being of lengths slightly greater than the thickness of the watch case over which the guard is positioned, the threaded ends 20 of the pins passing through openings formed in the band 5, where they are supplied with nuts 2|, securing the guard to the band.

As shown by Fig. 6 of the drawing, the guard may be constructed of tubular material, such as indicated at 22 in Fig. 6 of the drawing, or may be made of material which is rectangular in cross section as indicated at 23 in Fig. '7 of the drawing.

From the foregoing it will be seen that due to the construction shown and described, I have provided a guard for wrist watches to be worn by mechanics, or men employed in rough work wherein the usual wrist watch is subjected to rough handling which would result in breakage of the crystal or damage to the watch case.

It will further be seen that the guard may be readily and easily adapted for use in connection with wrist watches of various sizes and shapes, by merely adjusting the guard in a manner as described.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

The combination with a metallic wrist watch band and wrist watch mounted thereon, of a guard for said wrist watch comprising a rectangular frame positioned over the watch guarding the crystal of the watch, pins having threaded ends extending downwardly from points adjacent to the corners of the frame, said pins extending through openings formed in said band,

- and nuts mounted on said threaded pins securing 3 the guard to the band and holding the guard into Number contact with said watch. 1,313,798 JAMES F. MCCLELLAND. 2,342,804 2,491,592 REFERENCES CITED 5 The following references are of record in the file of this patent: gg g UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 10 D. 143,816 Flatau Feb. 12, 1946 Name Date Devine Aug. 19, 1919 Hiller Feb. 29, 1944 Turpin Dec. 20, 1949 FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Germany July 25, 1919 

